Dragonheart Part 21
#22 of Dragonheart Part 0-28
"Now I know but like to know who is this Mr. Stern." Natsu said during the trip. He calmly took off his glasses, breathed out and briefly introduced himself: "My name is Shiba star, I was previously a traveling businessman who already abstattete many cities to visit, but never really took a walk. However, when I ran this beauty to my left as I travel on the road and she told me of your clan, I decided to become a member. "
"There are two more new members in the clan, but I have a lot of them have not heard or seen. One should be a former bounty hunter and the other one is an archaeologist from Pytha. "Added Wynn. "Pytha? Is not this desert city that calls every year at this great archaeological mission with nearly one hundred participants? "Ryu asked curiously.
Wynn just nodded and told of Pytha: Pytha is known as "the great museum" because it houses the largest museum in the country. In this museum there is to be found objects that belonged to the days of the first ruler of the country, the dragon. Even old stone tablets on which to stand stories from this period are located there. It is largely inhabited by desert animals such as coyotes and snakes, but also people and turtles live there.
These are the intense heat there, but not so used, so they build their houses as possible in the shadow of the great museums of the city. It is rumored that a member of Twilight Sword clans come from this city. "And what is so special about this mission?" Asked further Natsu. "Each must find, that comes from the era of the Dragons into the museum during any other land in the pocket of the page." Wynn said.
And to re Natsus question, "So we must keep everything you find there," Ryu said, "Not everything, but just the things that are not interested in the museum." "Then you there," Natsu literally cheered, but! the other slowed down his excitement quickly. "The mission will take place no later than four months, until then we still have more than enough time." Mr. Stern said calmly.
Natsu, who has literally burned out and dig up something to read to keep falling back in his seat and made ??a face oppressed. "Do not worry, we're doing with already'll see." Ryu said sure. "I mean, Surasshu is not intended to miss this opportunity. "But when they were returned to their clan ruled it other problems: Rieder had not yet returned from his brief mission that was to last only two days, Eria was traveling with Shadow and Lyra was also nowhere to be found.
Only Nari, which was wide awake on the floor was there and greeted Surasshu and his group, as they came back straight.
"Oh great whole." Bertram cried when he saw a look in the pantry threw. "What?" Asked Surasshu. "Someone has ransacked our entire inventory, we have nothing to eat!" He replied annoyed. He immediately had Natsu suspected to have been, since he has often caught here, as he blundered at the stores at night.
But since this went off in front of him he had to find someone else. "Who was it could be just?" He said thoughtfully, as he remembered him then, that Nari was about the last days alone. Although, as she ran to please come to the stores? You would not even fit through a yes response. Shaking his head he went to the other, which also put in a bunch of chaos because Surasshu made ??as a statement, he noted that they were short on cash.
"Will you make me know about that we have no money?" Luso asked when he returned with Aussa. The others were shocked that the cashier of the clan was all but empty. "We have maybe five hundred gold pieces. ', He worked it out. "And what do we do now? I mean, could not something I cook, we will starve, "said Bertram applied.
"I just hope that Eria, Shadow, Rieder, or at least bring Lyra enough money so that we can bring the store back up and running." Rockwell hoped, and left the room again. "Where are you going?" Alice asked him. "We have money problems or? Then I go with Nari's go and kill a few orders. "Answered rose to Naris back and flew away.
"See to it that we are not bankrupt when I come again!" Were his last words before he disappeared into the clouds. "Rockwell is right: we should get going and get down to the jobs," said Natsu ready. "Now make me a break, people!" Shouted furiously Luso. "Apparently you want all of you are still working to death or what have you before?" The others were silent, because Luso never spoken so harshly hatte.Klar, sometimes he is out of his skin, but as never before.
"If you go back now on a mission to the other then you will sooner or later go on it there! If only for a few days here and rest yourselves and then you can work. " I agree with the boys if I may say something. "Shiba said only. "This clan is still too young to go down to something like a lack of money so I have a suggestion."
Surasshu looked skeptically at the dog, he was new to the clan, therefore, no one knew him really, except that those who were with him on the mission. "He would be?" Shiba took off his glasses and suggested to take care of the finances of the clan. "In my travels I had a lot to do with money and the right to use them. So I'll put my skills as a financial consultant. "
Under the condition that Surasshu or another member of the clan's first look for it here on the fingers of the clan leaders agreed to his proposal. Course, on what he could have it for an ulterior motive Shiba just nodded. "We were already seventeen people in the clan!", Celebrated Aussa. "It's a remarkable number
Above all, there are still two to come. "Added Wynn. Later that evening they were all gathered in the common room and discussed what they might do next. "Luso has rights. If we would continue to work now would be quite unhealthy," admitted Surasshu. "Then I do not understand why Rockwell is pulled off.
He's also just returned from a mission. "Aussa said. "Rockwell is so unlike what used to us. Finally, he must move his whole life and has determined more than we're doing. "Bertram said. "I mean, if you're a nomad since birth, it is difficult to feel at home at a fixed place."
At the end they decided to stay for a few days at home to rest and to wait until the others have returned from their missions.
"And you are sure that we have to go there?" Said Shadow Eria, after they have run into an abandoned train station. "Almost certainly. Here, supposedly, is to be located a wanted criminal. And I trust the people that we have brought here. "She said. The station seemed to have been for several years no longer used to be that it rusted everywhere, rats scampered across the floor and the tiles on the walls also began to fall slowly.
The lights flickered on the ceiling just what Shadow chased a slight shiver down his spine. Then, when even one of the tiles fell down and he fled zerklirrte a shrill scream. With a raised eyebrow Eria turned to face him and asked him: "What are you then ask for a wolf" Offended, he looked at her, said nothing but went past her as if nothing had happened.
Shaking her head, she followed him until they suddenly ran against him. "What is it now going on?" She asked, looking past him. Before them stood a group of men who were not there to talk apparently. Immediately she pushed past Shadow, introduced himself and asked, "Will you tell us where your leader is the same we have to beat out of you?"
Laughing, she looked at her and said only: "Go back home, dolls, where only the big play" dolls? Eria responded to this word is not particularly friendly: Suddenly fountains shot out of the wall and hit one after the other. "Water screw" She took her arms in front of him, made ??a
Screw motion through which the water flooded the course first and then turned like a screw.
As the water fell again, the men stood up again, pulled swords and sticks, which they then ran off to them. But she remained calm and made ??a provocative pose with her ??hands. However, what they suspected was the Eria thus the water that was at the end of the hall shouted back, which surprised then, without warning. Shadow flying over to her and she banged against the wall.
When she tried to get up again froze the water and tied them to the wall. Slowly she went to them and looked at her. "I've even warned you." She said only. "Moreover, my name is Eria, not dolls." The man who stood there before they got really scared and told that they their leader in the great hall, which is still standing in the old cars.
"Thank you." She smiled and thanked him in return struck in the face. Surprised by her brusque behavior Shadow lacked the words. "C'mon, let's go." She said and walked down the hallway entlang.Wortlos Shadow followed her until she laughs loudly at the end of the aisle heard. When she entered the room they were met by a group of bandits already.
"You guys probably never learn it right?" She asked, just a sigh. When she came running towards them, they clapped their hands, so that the group was suddenly trapped by water. "Let's see what you can, Shadow," she told him. As quickly as he only he could produce his guitar, put your fingers on the sides and began to play.
But you could not hear what Eria easily angered. "What are you doing?" She asked, but then she heard nothing but "sound wave." Suddenly, a loud shot across the room and wave swept the robber henceforth. The old cars were able to pressure exerted by the sound wave is no longer either stand up and got huge dents and were easily overturned.
"Shoot them off," shouted someone. Suddenly shot arrows at them, but that broke off the shaft in the air. Shadow was still playing on, so that the shaft is not stalled and corrupted everything: even the ceiling, which was held not long apparently. "Attention, the ceiling collapses," shouted one of the robbers and ran away.
A little later, broke through the ceiling above them together, what Eria and Shadow by surprise. Eria suddenly pulled her wand, holding it up. "Water tent," she cried only. The water collected on them and formed into a transparent tent where all the debris running down the ceiling. Eria was not yet running out of time, so the tent was getting weaker.
"Shadow, you have to sweep away the debris with your guitar!" She cried only. Shadow nodded at the same time as the tent collapsed. "Sound wave," he cried only when he was nearly killed by the debris. The loud music, they literally pulverized and buried the two among themselves. Half an hour later taught Eria up and looked around.
The robber and the person who should catch it stood around her. "Well, sometimes a look at who comes out here again." He said sarcastically. He was about as big as Eria, was wearing a red leather jacket, boots on the hip of a sword scabbard, blue trousers and black. Eria stood up, faced him and collected only einmal.Dann looked down and could see Shadow, which was covered in part with the dust.
"Get up, Shadow." She said. A short time later he opened his eyes, got up and stood beside her. "Is this about?" "Yes, that is the fugitive criminal, the executor of Francis." Francis looked slyly at the two and just grinned. "Well, what will you do now? As you can see from her in the minority. "Francis said. The two stood back to back and always moving in a circle.
They waited for the first step of their opponents, who did not yet. Eria then made ??the first train, she clenched her fists, then lit up the blue; them gathered water, which then slowly clasped her arms and then her entire body. "Shadow, you should keep himself away from me.", She said only, but Shadow had already adopted their own plans.
From the sand he pulled out his guitar and started playing. "Do not worry about me sometimes. "The waves were this time he formed with saw blades that just whizzed by the enemy. Eria jumped up, the water accumulated in her body at her left hand, which then formed a blue whip. With this crack their opponent off his feet, disarmed them or hit them immediately incapacitating.
It did not last long, as Francis had been beaten to the ground entire gang, and that of two persons. "You little bastards!" He cried, and drew his sword. In the same moment when he held up his sword to spread out the blade, which was out of the ordinary sword, a broadsword. The two looked at him, knew that they were not around for a fight and got ready.
When Francis stormed Eria then rolled them away immediately. Eria missed he moved a hand in which he held the sword and struck Shadow, who took out his guitar as a reflective shield. She was cut into two parts, the Shadow was then in his hands. Trembling, he stood there, because his guitar was destroyed. "What a pity, your toy is broken?" He asks nasty, but Shadow was not like joking.
He clenched his fists, used the moment in which he is not paying attention and missed him an uppercut. Francis picked up slightly, then fell to the ground. Shadow immediately fell upon him and struck him several times in the face until he stopped moving. Eria wordlessly looking at the whole, just sighed and said, "You would have me quiet about what he can or can?"
Was applied to Shadow, threw him over his shoulder and replied: "Not when it comes to my guitar! That was something personal. "Eria just shook his head, suggested Shadow, bring Francis to the police so they can cash in to pay and then go home. Back in the city gave the two Francis from the police got their pay and were looking forward to home to lie in their beds.
At the station waiting for the train they sat on a bench. Shadow was still sobbing a little, as he held his carved into two guitar in his hands. "Oh, that'll be all right." Eria cheered him on. Eria was then interested in Shadow and asked him a little. "Where was I born? Do you know the city Taspir? Because my parents have met for the first time.
A year later I came to the world and spent seventeen years there, until I began my own journey. At first I was traveling alone, but then Ryu met during a mission. During this mission, we found a dragon's heart, but did not know what we want them wollten.Also we took the heart, divided it into two parts, making sure each one for each chain,. That was three years ago, "he said.
"Since that day we are best friends, inseparable." With a smiling face Eria looked at Shadow, who reveled straight back into his memories. "So best friends." She thought sich.Eine hour later they were on the train home.
At the same time Lyra wandered alone a barren mountain. "Pretty boring all alone.", She just said. Her shoes were clearly not designed for this environment because they could not gain a foothold on the ground covered with stones. After a ten-minute walk, she decided to take off your shoes first. "Because I run even better than the Barfus I walk my feet sore." She said and continued walking.
Standing in front of a cave entrance, she wondered if she was right here. When she then looked at the map, she realized that she was right here. Without hesitation, she went in and was immediately greeted by a horde of bats. "So I will expect nice." She walked until she was standing in front of a rock wall. But it struck her as odd since they had entered the cave and just now was at an impasse.
When she put her against the wall, they heard a low, like something was moving on the other side. "Well then i will start by this wall." She thought to herself, reached out and hit just as hard as she could against it, but other than that her hand was hurting like crazy happened. "Man is the stubbornness of the wall," she wailed annoyed. "Then you have just magic to it."
Your skin is discolored, a fur grew, her face took shape long, like that of a wolf and a long white tail of her grew. Then, with just a punch in the wall gave way and a group of lizard warrior stood before her. "Nabend." She greeted them. But she looked at her with their yellow eyes, drew their weapons and went into combat stance.
"You want to play, yes?" She inquired. Then she just smiled and said: "Then let's play" She jumped into the crowd, dispersed punches, made ??a handstand and performed around wildly. Then they jumped soared to a face and then jumped from face to face. The rest were about to run away, as they came in their way.
"I want to play a little." Her eyes sparkled in a turquoise-blue light, while their fur began to glow. "Because I do." Proposes to you an additional floor. "Did it just beginning" with a kick, she travels to the next floor. "From" She jumped up, kicked him in the face once was, then faster and faster until there were hundreds of kicks then that bounced down onto the face of the lizard.
Finally, he fell to the ground, which interfered with Lyra. "That was it again?" She said in the room while she was sitting on one of the defeated. "That's still a long way, baby." Said a red wolf, who just entered the room. Besides a black pants he was wearing nothing else that can be easily read Lyra red. "Actually, I do not want to fight against a fellow." She said.
"You have not even human." He replied, chuckling. Without hesitation, she ran up to him, whereupon a heated battle ensued between the two: his blows were warded off by her arms, her kicks were stopped by his fists. Then she jumped back, the air between her teeth began to put their claws which knows how to shine
. "So you want to really fight? Well I think that might be interesting. "He said, also rose in the air so his claws began to glow red. Seconds later the fight went to the next level: bright red and white light illuminated the cave every time when Lyra's and met his claws. "With whom I have ever the pleasure?" She asked as she held her claws like two swords together.
"Kyle. And what's your name little one? "He replied. "Lyra." She answered only kurz.Sie jumped back, let out briefly and then rallied again. At the same time Kyle jumped to the ceiling, tore and scratched at her along with him some stones, which he fired at Lyra, who evaded them immediately. When she was just dodged the past, Kyle was right next to her and kicked her as hard as he could into the page.
Laterally, they flew against the wall, screaming in pain and then fell to the ground. Then she felt the fur and claws and they disappeared again as the man lay there panting. Kyle was laughing at them, got ready for the final blow. Lyra just made ??it so, then crashing on the hands as Kyle kicked her in the stomach. She rolled again against the wall, looked at him and could breathe only with difficulty.
Suddenly she stood up, collected from new energy, making the fur grow again. "Let's quit." She said and raced toward him. Frightened about how they became fast he was no longer in a position to the hail of blows that made ??his stomach to avoid or repel them. Finally he had to give away and fell backwards, but Lyra grabbed his arm, just grinned and pulled him to be nasty.
"Who's now the wolf?" She asked him and slapped his face. Kyle fell to the ground, Lyra wiped her hands on her dress and saw that she had again turned back into a human. "Was quite fun, we should repeat." She said jokingly, grabbed his neck and pulled him out of the cave. There they saw come out looked like the sun was setting on the horizon.
"Sunsets are always something special." She thought to herself with half-closed eyes and sat down at the heel of the canyon. By the time the sun had disappeared over the horizon, she sat there, whistling a little to himself while Kyle began to rise. He crept ran to her, she wanted straight down when she asked him: "Think you that this is a good idea"
He looked at her, did not understand why she stayed so calm. He had the opportunity to encounter the Canyon hinunterzu easy, but somehow he could not. "Damn it." Swore he only put himself and enjoyed the sunset. So they sat there for an hour until they got up. "Are you ready for the prison?" She asked him gently.
"As long as me when I get out of me so I'm expecting a beauty ready." He replied. "Who knows, who knows." Lyra said and went back with him to the police station from which they took on the job. There they handed him to the officials without which he struggled. "We'll see you in a few years right?" Said Kyle. "Coral port, the castle on the plateau." She said. First he looked at her confused, but then he understood what she said to him. As Lyra then was back in the hostel, they took a room, got into bed and fell asleep immediately.
To be continued .....